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Are you one of those who crave the thoughts of writing and yet, don’t seem to know how to start? Writing is very much rewarding. It helps your veins take stressful thoughts into the deep pit and seek the windows of refreshing and recharging outlets.

On the other hand, especially for the gentlemen, you don’t want your rival(s) to sway your way behind them when he has been winning your would-be-girlfriend’s heart with his pages of love renditions, right? This is head-cracking when you know you are almost at the finish line fishing for her precious Y-E-S.

Corny as it may seem, but the aforementioned scenario is still one of the most discussed subjects – love, in letter writing between two individuals who burned in a compassionate affair, whether you want to believe this or not. Nest to it is friendship. (My gratitude to those who still believe in the power of letter writing, despite of the interference of the electronic mail.) Truly, nothing can be compared to the most effective tool in moving one’s soul.). We write letters about these subjects to express our feelings toward things we are very much bothered, concerned or occupied with.

Writing is a self-expression. We write to communicate ideas and to “soothe the cares and lift the thoughts of other persons.” Whatever you are, whoever you are, no exemption exists, especially in this field of writing –letter writing. Here, the reader does not only read the lines (in the epistle or missive–other names for letter) and absorb the thoughts containing the letter, but also reading the writer himself/herself.

If you are still learning this craft, you can still learn how to write perfectly, at least with mechanism. It takes a long process to be a writer, even just simply making a letter. Most of all, you must have the urge inside to scribble into the lines the thoughts which you may have in mind. It is called the passion to write, and first thing is you have to develop and continue this craft simultaneously.

In an old book titled, Writing Down The Bones (Freeing The Writer Within), author Natalie Goldberg writes: “Place where you are writing what you mind actually sees and feels, not what it thinks it should see or feel.”

“The aim is to burn through to first thoughts to the place where the energy is unobstructed by social politeness or the internal censor, to the place where you are writing what your mind actually sees and feels, not what it thinks it should see or feel.”

Goldberg’s pointers for making the best billet-doux:

Just keep your hands moving and writing. Don’t pause to reread the line you just wrote.

Don’t cross out. That is editing as you write. Even if you put down something you didn’t mean to say, leave it for the moment. Don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Don’t even be concerned with staying within the margins and lines on the page.

Lose control. Let your feelings speak for yourself.

Touch a nerve. If something comes up in your writing that is scary or naked, dive right into it. It probably has lots of energy. After you’ve made your rough draft of everything you want to say, begin improving on it without appearing colorless. Purge all unnecessary words from each sentence.

Be original. It’s easy to slide into clichés in a love letter, don’t. Include appropriate quotations, but always name their author (e.g., “When I think of what your love has done for me, I remember the words of Elizabeth Barret Browning: “The face of all the world is changed, I think since I heard the footsteps of thy soul.”

Be cautious in the beginning stages of romance. Effusive love letters have killed relationships.

Time it right. Don’t send love letters on a birthday, anniversary, or when you are quarreling. Like all forms of unbridled affection, a mushy note is most effective when it comes as a surprise.

Goldberg’s pointers are simply the basic backbones in writing. These are the ideas that can simply guide you in allowing words to capture your feelings and your thoughts. Let your feelings come out and be read. Ideas are meant to be expressed, read, known and most of all, journalized in any way we can. In this digital era of ours, every word to express our emotions are meant to be captured, documented and the best of all is to be remembered through our writings.

Identify your self through your own words. Find life in the universe of writing.

Braving the distance is when you’re married and you’re both far from one another. The situation is not only emotionally painful but also mentally draining. So what do you do? When you’re in this particular situation, of course it’s a major life challenge which targets your mental and emotional capacities. So, how do you cope with this situation? These are few of my ways of coping with the distance. Read on.

Engage in crafts. I so love crafting. Beads and paper crafts, recycling materials of scrap accessories are very good. There are a LOT of crafts where you can engage yourself with. And in our today’s time, you have the internet to help you collect a thousand of ideas from around the world. It’s about time to be creative in this world which is full of innovations. And don’t take aside the idea of being entrepreneur out of these creative ideas yours. If you think they’re worth to be seen in the online market, go!

Grab your pen, laptop and write. I love writing, it’s my way of creating peace in my heart through this kind of self-expression. So I do blog. This is my turf, this is where I explode my ideas and feelings.

Pencils. I love pencils and I love pencil drawing. Crafts and drawing materials top in my shopping list. I turn to personal blogs of artists and their online videos (Youtube) for inspirations. I follow them in their Facebook accounts for latest ideas in drawing and practice them myself. But, first of all, you have to put yourself into it and become passionate. Because without passion in whatever you do is just a waste of time and efforts. So dont hesitate to grab a pen and a sketch pad whever you feel like expressing through visual art.

I invest my time with them without regrets. So go find yourself in them. You can even involve your family and friends and have fun. I will have this post updated from time to time. Enjoy!